Letter: United States could become like Venezuela

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Aug 31, 2019 at 4:10 AM

I respond to the Aug. 18 letter “Who really needs an AK-47 assault rifle?” from Bernice J. Cooper. The letter stated: “The Second Amendment confirms that we should have a well-regulated militia. Thankfully, we do have a well-armed military in this country.” When the Founding Fathers drafted the Second Amendment, they were not thinking about the military. They were thinking about the revolution they had just emerged from and that they never would have won had it not been for the contributions of a few patriotic armed citizens.

The Second Amendment states: “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state…” Sure, the military is necessary for our security, but what happens when a corrupt commander-in-chief turns his military on his own citizens, as we have seen in Venezuela in the past few months? Who will “secure the free state” then? When the Founding Fathers mention the militia, they are referring to the common citizen, like the minutemen of old.

A few weeks ago, I read about Democratic candidate Beto O’Rourke saying that we need to keep military-style weapons on the battlefield and not in our streets. He is obviously ignorant to the fact that our streets could become battlefields at any moment. That is something that the Founding Fathers were well aware of. It is up to us, as citizens, to be prepared if that cataclysmic moment ever comes.

Liam Zacovic, Reynoldsburg

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